West Side Line

The West Side Line in Midtown Manhattan, seen in 2013. This opening was permanently covered by residential construction later that year.
West Side Line
Riverdale
Spuyten Duyvil
Inwood
Fort Washington
152nd Street
Manhattanville
125th Street
(proposed)
62nd Street
(proposed)
↓ Electrification (Third rail and Overhead line)
Northern end of High Line
Southern end of High Line
St. John's Freight Terminal
(demolished 1927)

West Side Line, in use
West Side Line, abandoned
Other railroad lines
rail trail (the High Line)

The West Side Line, also called the West Side Freight Line, is a railroad line on the west side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. North of Penn Station, from 34th Street, the line is used by Amtrak passenger service heading north via Albany to Toronto; Montreal; Niagara Falls and Buffalo, New York; Burlington, Vermont; and Chicago. South of Penn Station, a 1.45-mile (2.33 km) elevated section of the line, abandoned since 1980, has been transformed into an elevated park called the High Line. The south section of the park from Gansevoort Street to 20th Street opened in 2009 and the second section up to 30th Street opened in 2011, while the final section to 34th Street opened in 2014.